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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
5
A playful column details a plucky cat tale about a blushing bride and her quest for a well heeled match. The anecdote mixes humor and social gloss as romance and whimsy entwine in a lighthearted near romance sketch.
Officers and men of the 350th infantry have taken out 6.17 million dollars in new war insurance replacing the pension system. The 352nd infantry leads with 18.04 million. 2,034 soldiers represent the total. Most take the $10,000 policy, costing 660 dollars monthly with 57.50 monthly for twenty years on death or disability. A blanket policy, division report pending, notes over 95 percent participation except the 366th Negro regiment. A separate note bans most camp photography to curb a thriving civilian photo industry and sketching, allowing permits only to licensed photographers.
Real Estate Transfers record H O E Adcox and wife to Anna E Delaunay for lot 136 Poling and Crutten addition Quincy. Marriage licenses list Edward Ray Bell 22 Winslow Arkansas and Nina Frances Mahair 20 Quincy. Earl Leeser 24 LaGrange Missouri and Edna May Tatie 19 LaGrange Missouri.
Order commits Trenry Yates to state school for the deaf in Jacksonville. Guardianship receipts total 6252.15 with disbursements 607.97 and balance 85544.18. Matthew F. Carratt named guardian for Harold H. Pickett with bond 2450. Petition seeks private sale of Waldo Sommer’s personal effects.
Mrs R C Maxwell of 1428 Chestnut Street and Mrs R J Doty of 902 North Eighth Street were transported to St Mary's Hospital by city ambulance. The brief notice lists two patient transfers in a single alert.
Lincoln February 24 Fred Fulton, contender for the heavyweight title, revealed upcoming fights. He will face Tom Cowler in Denver on February 1, Charley Weinert in Philadelphia on February 7, and Frank Moran in New Orleans on February 22. A Korean youth also set a world record for rapidity with a 25 item four-figure calumn in seven seconds.
Pittsburgh January 24 The schedule drafting committee of the National and American leagues agreed to eliminate long trips for baseball clubs as a patriotic move to ease rail traffic. Consolidation of dates is planned and teams in cities with Sunday baseball bans may travel to western cities for a single game where Sunday games are allowed. Committee members include Tokn A. Pevdler and Barney Dreyfuss for the National League and Ban Johnson and William Harridge for the American League.
John J. Andre age 75 died in hospital at 11 15 p m from complications. Civil War veteran served in Company G 93rd Illinois infantry and a Pennsylvania native. He lived in Illinois fifty years and leaves a wife at cottage 3. Visitors from Shel Bina Mo Mr and Mrs J E Jordan visited cottage 20. Frank Eppert from cottage 20 celebrated eighty six birthday. Temperance meeting held in cottage 20 with Mr Spurgeon speaker. Mrs Jennie Jackson returned to New Canton after visiting cottage 20. Mrs Craft at cottage 22 very ill. Barney Anderson of cottage 20 ill and in hospital. Mrs Urick of cottage 20 returned to her room greatly improved.
George W. Dicks, son of Herman H. Dicks, leaves for Washington D C to serve as a clerk for the federal trade commission after being chosen from many applicants. He recently passed the civil service exam and worked at Berger Insurance. The post offers a strong salary and responsibility. The article also notes Italy’s plan to nationalize industries and establish a piano factory modeled on American and French designs, replacing German dominance prewar.
Unsightly pimples and skin splotches signal disorders such as eczema and boils. S. S. S. claims to purify blood and cure skin diseases by acting on the bloodstream, not local treatments. Write Swift Specific Co. for guidance and history of the case. Adv.
A three pound per person monthly sugar limit is adopted in Quincy with a plan to curb retailer to consumer and wholesaler to retailer sales. Retailers reportedly unaware of the order as a permanent committee forms to supervise distribution, per state food administrator Jarry Wheeler.
Truman T. Pierson secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will speak to Post A of the Illinois Traveling Salesmen association at 8 pm Saturday in the Elks clubrooms. He will discuss how traveling men benefit the city and the post plans future talks with special speakers inviting all United Commercial Travelers members.
A list of individuals undergoing examinations in Quincy noting those Physically Qualified for General and Limited Service, and a few marked Disqualified. Names include Lawrence J Herrine Julius Meyer Ghibert Stormer Everett Moore Walter Dicks Matthew Laverr Jesse Merrick Carl Peckermeyer Passe Litner Sidener Seelig Kroner Henderson Curkhuff Fost Victor Austin Smith Kelly Ward Kroeger Newholt Smith Roberts Finkenhoefer French Bastert Anagnostopoulos Reckmeier Austin Thithand Koenle Pecermeyer O'Bryant Miller Tewis Wickes McDonald Eyveson VandenBoom Vogler Koenig Parker Peters DeBord Niemeyer Duker Meyer Koetzle Devereaux Bernhardt Bartelt Hooner Brakensich Gordon Heinz Spitker Britt Winters Abbenseth Regeman Williamson Wheeler Orwoerman VandenBoom VandenBoom etc. Several listed as physically qualified for general or limited service and a section noting disqualified individuals.
Charles Dillingham presents Chin Chin at the Empire featuring Jeance Mai Grace Walsh Besse Franklyn and Marie Gallahan with Doyle and Dixon. The production promises dazzling scenery and costumes forming kaleidoscopic pictures in a musical comedy touted as the era’s biggest hit.
A long list of new library acquisitions across nonfiction and fiction sections. Notable titles include Bennett on aging, Edwards on French cathedrals, Gilder on New England, Maeterlinck on inner light, and Chekhov stories. Also several geography and history works, guides, and children's books.
Buenos Aires on January 24 reports broad labor unrest across Argentina. Shipping at the port has been nearly paralyzed by a strike and a general strike threatens the Central Cordoba railway. Workers who already left have burned 45 carloads of wood intended as fuel.
A fragment lists stars and titles across several studios. Jane Cowlin stars in Spread Daven Belasco with Gladys Brockwell and Miriam Coo Quincy involvement noted alongside Francis Russman and Jerry Braver in A Million ao Min five act Metro piture. Also listed are Reston colmes Travelo Instalment Plan, Elsie Ferguson in Barb Sheep from Savoy Paramount, Vivian Martin in Sunset Trail, Louise Glaum in Id ters, a reel Triangle Night Mack papers comedy, and films The spy Pearls of Fine Social Pirate and more.
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